Steve Gets A Life

Finances

so ive never been that good at keeping track of my finances. i mean, ive never gotten in any trouble because of it, but ive never really felt the need to really get on top of it all. So now that ive got some sort of dependable income coming my way (note to self, call up poly, make sure you still have job) maybe i should get on it.

Enter Quicken.
Ive used quicken before, but only a little. Basically tried it out to see how it worked then ignored it. Now im actually saving my receipts (even the trip to Scolari's this morning for milk and cereal) and entering them into Quicken. Its kinda interesting i guess.
in order to enter some credit card stuff, i check my online account. it seems my amex credit limit was bumped up from $3,000 to $10,000. um. ok. so i stop working for 3 months, charge everything, make minimum payments (need that cash for rent) and you reward me with more credit? sure dude.

anyways, i hope to keep this up. im going to enter my paycheck amount, etc. and see if i can use it to get out of this credit card whole i dug myself into these last few months. maybe even if i tell it how much i want saved up, by when, it will tell me how often im allowed to go watch the cubs lose at woodstocks per month. or maybe not.